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But Nicks remains optimistic and told reporters on Friday that he will likely return to full practice "in a day or two," and claims that he and Coughlin are on the same page.

“Just trying to protect myself from myself. I’m so competitive. Something I’d have pushed myself & pushed myself through last year," Nicks said. “[Coach Coughlin and I] talk daily about it. We’re on the same page. [Missing practice] is in the best interests of both sides.”

As far as the public perception, Nicks feels fans have things a bit mixed up.

"They're outsiders looking in," he said. "They don't understand."

Fans only understand what they see, and what they've seen is an oft-injured wide receiver who has not yet been able to string together a full 16 game season. It's gotten to a frustrating point for all of those on the outside looking in because they can clearly see what Nicks brings to the table … when he comes to the table. And that frustration won't subside until he's on the field.

12 Responses to “New York Giants WR Hakeem Nicks Expects to Return to Practice “In a Day or Two””

After last year I don’t now how anyone can question Nicks toughness. He played at a percentage that few skill players will play at. Nicks is not the player you have to worry about pushing through. Given his experience and past performance his health is far more important than making sure he’s in sync.

Yes he did help us. And Nicks didn’t do it by himself. We could all see he wasn’t himself but the coaches sent him back out there week after week. Many footbal players will play hurt if allowed and we allowed him to. We were better with him until defenses finally realized that he was really hurt and started defending us differently. I feel like Pitt was the first team to really see that and we were played different from there on out.

Players are going to get Nicked in training camp. Webster won’t be the last. But if these nicks are what we are going to be talking about injury wise things are GREAT on this team health wise. Look at our first week compared to Philly or SF. This has been a great first week and hopefully things will continue.

Our only real concerns are JPP and Hynoski. JPP sounds liek he’s recovering well but they don’t want to get ahead of themselves. Hynoski is more of a mystery. Kuhn truth be told really doesn’t matter much. Snee looks like he will back in plenty of time. TT is a totally mystery, it’s best to not think of him and his presence will only be a bonus. At least with TT we can start the season with him on PUP if needed. Maybe they are being conservative with him this year as compared to last year.

I think you’re getting ahead of yourself. Being healthy for training camp means nothing, it’s about the regular season. We will see. It’s funny how one season changes perception. Worse was being said about Beatty at this time a year ago and now there are no concerns.

The line being drawn between Beatty and Nicks is anecdotal and has no logical basis whatsoever. You cannot take the injury history of one person and build a predictive model based on that. Unless Beatty and Nicks share a body, there is no relationship whatsoever. Sure if Nicks stays healthy as Beatty did, a lot of this talk goes away. But suggesting that because one person has a particular experience, another will as well is not logically valid.

Dennis Pitta played all 16 games the last two seasons and won’t play any this year. Does a player who has similarly been healthy the last two seasons need to worry about a season ending injury because of Dennis Pitta? Of course not. They are independent of one another.

Beatty’s experience has no predictive value for Nicks. It may illustrate the possibility that a player can have injuries and overcome them, but it does not suggest a likelihood.

Nor does Frank Gifford’s injury history mean jack sh!t in relation to Nicks.